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afrogalactica

from the outer rings of Sun Ra's native Saturn to the depths of Drexciya's undersea cities, the realms of afrofuturism provide fertile space for forward-thinking imaginations.

art & photography, astronomy, feature on home page, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill10 May 2013afrofuturism, Drexciya, Kosmica, Sun Ra, The Arts CatalystComment

gateways

our new series of collage works feature monolithic structures set amid distant landscapes, connecting various locations around the known universe

art & photography, feature on home page, publishing, _dateChris Hatherill9 May 2013Elysium Planitia, Gusev CraterComment

numbers

of all the incredible stuff out there in space, globular clusters are surely among the most mind-blowing when you pause and consider what could be going on deep inside their luminous cores

astronomy, feature on home page, physics, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill28 April 2013Drake equation, Frank Drake, Omega CentauriComment

spring

there are tons of photos of earth taken from space, but few as good as Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's recent series from the International Space Station

art & photography, ecology & nature, feature on home page, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill26 April 2013Balaton Lake, Chris Hadfield, international space station, ISS, NASAComment

sample of the week: Malachite

used to make green paint in ancient times, Malachite is a rich green copper carbonate hydroxide mineral

chemistry, feature on home page, geology, publishingChris Hatherill19 April 2013crystals, Malachite, minerals, SOTWComment

concrete

an early morning exploration of Arcosanti

architecture, design & engineering, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill12 April 2013Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri, places Comment

stripes

we created a short film and detailed breakdown of Saturn's rings for Patternity's first festival of pattern – a showcase of all things stripey

art & photography, astronomy, biology, chemistry, design & engineering, ecology & nature, fashion, feature on home page, geology, health & medicine, physics, publishing, space, super/weeklyChris Hatherill5 April 2013pattern, Patternity, stripesComment

tropical ice

high in the Rwenzori Mountains, year-round subzero temperatures keep the top of Africa permanently capped in white. as the highest source of the Nile, the upper reaches of the range are home to about twenty glaciers

art & photography, feature on home page, geology, publishingChris Hatherill2 April 2013Climate Change, glaciers, Klaus Thymann, Project Pressure, Rwenzori MountainsComment

battlegrounds

stretching 3.7 million square kilometres across the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon and the Central African Republic, the Congo Basin is home to a vast rainforest covering over one and half million square kilometres

biology, ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill28 March 2013biodiversity, Climate Change, Congo Basin, Ethical Consumer, Rainforest Alliance, rainforests, World Wildlife Fund Comment

species of the week: Xanthoria parietina

incredibly tolerant of air pollution and heavy metal contamination, this lichen can be used as a bioindicator to measure air quality

ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill22 March 2013lichen, SOTW, Xanthoria parietinaComment

material world

housing everything from delicate fulgurite structures created by lightning strikes to an ultra-dense ball of silicon nitride which can dent concrete, the Institute of Making is home to some of the world's most wondrous substances

architecture, chemistry, design & engineering, fashion, feature on home page, physics, publishingChris Hatherill15 March 2013Institute of Making, Mark Miodownik, Material Matters, Materials Library, UCL, University College London, Zoe LaughinComment

book launch: An Introduction To Isomorphology

Isomorphology bridges the divide between art and science – offering a new way of looking at the natural world and the uncoventional relationships between species. in this visual introduction, published by super/collider, artist Gemma Anderson sets out her case with beautiful examples from the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms

art & photography, ecology & nature, events, feature on home page, _datesuper/collider14 March 2013EB&Flow Gallery, Gemma Anderson, Isomorphology, natureComment

sentinel

stretching up above the streets of San Francisco, the Sutro Tower acts as a climate sentinel, reaching high into the atmosphere to measure CO2 levels

chemistry, ecology & nature, feature on home page, publishingChris Hatherill11 March 2013atmosphere, CO2, CO2 emissions, NOAAComment

workshop: the monument

for our first school workshop, we challenged design students to create a physical monument for visitors to experience one thousand years from now

design & engineering, ecology & nature, events, feature on home pagesuper/collider16 November 2012Faculty of Art Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University, school workshop, Sir John CassComment

detection

techniques and devices used to detect nuclear weapons are being deployed in the search for dark matter

feature on home page, geology, physics, publishing, super/weeklyChris Hatherill16 November 2012dark energy, dark matter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, nuclear weapons, Sanford Underground Research FacilityComment

dhcmrlchtdj

is the universe an infinite architecture of interlocking hexagonal rooms filled with books that contain every possible combination of 23 alphabetical letters?

art & photography, feature on home page, _dateChris Hatherill15 November 2012Comment

ALMA

located high in the deserts of Chile, the European Southern Observatory’s Atacama Large Milllimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is made up of a series of interlinked antennas stretching across an ultra-arid plain 5000m above sea level

architecture, astronomy, design & engineering, feature on home page, physics, publishingChris Hatherill15 November 2012ALMA, astronomy, European Southern Observatory, Motherboard-tv, places, Atacama, Atacama Desert

SUPER/COLLIDER X TARA X ANOTHER

as part of the TARA's recent stopover in London, super/collider and AnOther Magazine teamed up to host a little soirée on board the French environmental research ship